"Perylene" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A 20-carbon dibenz(de,kl)anthracene that can be viewed as a naphthalene fused to a phenalene or as dinaphthalene. It is used as fluorescent lipid probe in the cytochemistry of membranes and is a polycyclic hydrocarbon pollutant in soil and water. Derivatives may be carcinogenic.
| Descriptor ID |
D010569
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.149.700 D02.455.426.559.847.680.500 D04.615.149.700 D04.615.680.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Perylene- Perylene
- Peri-Dinaphthalene
- Peri Dinaphthalene
- Perilene
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